A Dangerous Compulsion

Evie told herself she just wanted to look. A harmless, five-second peek to satisfy her raging curiosity. But the moment her boots crossed the threshold, the sheer volume of the chaos pulled her under.

Paint tubes lay scattered like shrapnel across the floorboards. Some oozed thick, dried clumps of crimson and ochre onto the expensive wood. Canvases leaned against the walls in haphazard stacks, s